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Sweded
> Posted by Andrew Tran on December 5, 2007 12:00 PM

The upcoming movie Be Kind Rewind will be introducing a new word to the pop culture vernacular: Sweded.

The comedy's premise: Video store clerks played by Jack Black and Mos Def must film movie reenactments after accidentally erasing all their videotapes.

Jack Black’s character tells customers that their movies are "Sweded"- customized from Sweden.

If the term becomes widely accepted, it could replace more general words to describe videos such as “homemade” or “adaptation” or “reenacted.”

Here’s the trailer to a great "Sweded" film based on Raiders of the Lost Ark:

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